18 months

can't belive this girl is 18 months old. she is full of life, loves her big brother, loves to get into everything, wants to be involved in everything, and is a girl who knows what she wants and doesn't give in until she gets it!!

what she's talking about these days:

mommy

daddy

book

drink

silky

spoon

bubba (carter)

doggy

duck

swing

bite

uh-oh

wow

carley

mallory

temple

hi

hello

bye bye

nana

steve

keith

amy

baby

ball

shoe

sunbeam

ow

poopy

pee pee

no

me

mine

cheese

chicky

keys

down

Madi

favorite things to eat:

tomatoes

avocados

strawberries

blueberries

eggs

cottage cheese

cheese

favorite songs:

Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam (have got to get this on video ASAP)

Popcorn popping

favorite things to do:

eat anything!

be held by her mommy

gymnastics class with aunt katie

go to nana's house

destroy anything and everything and then run and hide from you!

take something such as your phone and run and hide from you!

be tickled by daddy

read books, but you have to hold her while sitting in the rocking chair in her room. nowhere else will work.

My table

A few weeks ago I was out on my run in the neighborhood. It happened to be the week for uncontained trash pick up, so there were lots of random piles of stuff in front of various houses. One such pile I ran by had this pile of wood, pictured below. I stopped to look at it and saw that it was an old gate that had been taken down. I ran straight home, got in my car and went back to the house and loaded up the wood. I knew just what I was going to do with it. I wanted to make a coffee table for the couch in our bedroom. I sanded it down, put some legs on it, then painted it. Sean had to help me stabilize the top piece a bit, but mostly I made it all by myself! I love the end result. I love the look of the wood. I love that it has holes in it and one side is longer and the ends aren't totally straight. I love all the personality it has. And mostly I love that I made it for less than $20!!